锡伯族及其先祖在历史上的文化选择经历了独具特色的过程,先后接触到契丹文化、女真文化和蒙古文化,明末清初逐渐融入通古斯文化系统。19世纪后期又受俄罗斯文化影响,同时在与维吾尔、哈萨克等族交往中又部分地吸收了其文化营养。清末民初,汉文化源源不断地传入锡伯族社会,开始了本民族社会及文化发生重要变化的阶段。从锡伯族的文化发展道路可以透视出民族文化的多元性。 The history of Xibe and its ancestors experienced a unique cultural process. They met Khitan, Jurchen, and Mongolian cultures one after another, and gradually joined the Tunguska culture from the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties. In the late 19th century, it was also influenced by Russian culture. At the same time, it partly absorbed its cultural nutrition in its contacts with Uyghurs and Kazakhs. At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, a steady stream of Chinese culture was introduced into the Xibe society, beginning the stage of major changes in the society and culture of the nation. From the Xibe cultural development path can be seen through the diversity of ethnic cultures.